U.S.-Honduras Workshop: Advancing a Long Term Coastal-Ecosystem Education, Research and Management Initiative in Honduras and Neighboring Countries, La Ceiba, Honduras, Fall 2012

路易斯安那州立大学的Victor Rivera-Monroy及其同事将与洪都拉斯国立自治大学的Andrea R. Sosa及其同事一起在洪都拉斯的La Ceiba举办一个研讨会。研讨会的目的是讨论建立和利用长期生态监测点网络的研究计划，主要是在洪都拉斯和邻国。该项目的目的是评估中美洲大型流域用水的可持续性，并将其与美国其他地区进行比较，特别是密西西比三角洲和佛罗里达大沼泽地，这两个地区已经建立了长期的生态研究项目。来自美国和中美洲国家（包括洪都拉斯、危地马拉、尼加拉瓜和萨尔瓦多）的生态学家、水文学家和环境经济学家将参加。尽管海洋资源对中美洲各经济体具有重要的社会经济意义，但为沿海地区制定可持续管理计划所需的科学和技术资料往往缺乏或不足。该研讨会旨在通过合作对话将美国研究人员与洪都拉斯和其他中美洲同事联系起来，以确定及时的研究主题。讲习班的活动之一是在加勒比和太平洋海岸选择暂定的长期生态研究（LTER）地点。这些站点将用于在中美洲和加勒比地区制定研究计划和促进国际研究合作。研讨会的一个优先事项是将美国和中美洲的学生和早期职业科学家纳入研讨会以及随后的国际研究合作。

Victor Rivera-Monroy and colleagues at Louisiana State University will hold a workshop in La Ceiba, Honduras in conjunction with Andrea R. Sosa and colleagues at the National Autonomous University of Honduras. The object of the workshop is to discuss a research program to establish and utilize a network of long-term ecological monitoring sites, primarily in Honduras and neighboring countries. The objective is to assess the sustainability of water use in large watersheds in Central America compared to that in other sites in the United States, particularly in the Mississippi Delta and Florida Everglades, which already have established long-term ecological research programs. Ecologists, hydrologists and environmental economists from the US and Central American countries, including Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, will participate. Despite the socioeconomic importance of marine resources to economies in Central America, the scientific and technical information needed to develop sustainable management plans for coastal zones is often lacking or inadequate. This workshop aims to link U.S. researchers with Honduran and other Central American colleagues in a collaborative dialogue to identify timely research topics. One of the workshop activities is to select tentative Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites on both Caribbean and Pacific coasts. These sites will be used to develop research initiatives and promote international research collaborations in Central America and the Caribbean region. A priority of the workshop is the inclusion of US and Central American students and early-career scientists in the workshop and subsequent international research collaborations.